Juneau Empire

Federal appeals court preserves Alaska’s two-tier system for subsistence fishing management

Alaska’s current subsistence fishing program can continue without changes, according to a Wednesday opinion by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling allows the ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Coastal Alaskans see commercial fishing limits as a ‘crisis.’ Lawmakers don’t

This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship and the Public Media Accountability Initiative, which supports investigative reporting at local media outlets around ...
Alaska Public Media

Coastal Alaskans see commercial fishing limits as a ‘crisis.’ Lawmakers don’t.

Butch Laiti is president of the Douglas Indian Association, a tribal government in Juneau. The association has purchased a fishing boat and wants to buy a commercial fishing permit for its members to ...